It’s not entirely clear from the video what happened. It looked like it was in the late stages of a stall, which from high altitude could break apart any aircraft, even a brand new one. I’m not saying that this means maintenance isn’t related, but pilot error is actually the cause of the vast majority of in-air breakups due to stalling placing stresses on the airframe which it was never meant to handle.
A Turkish-operated, American-built C-130 just broke up over Georgia into *three* separate pieces before it hit the ground. While that accident is also under investigation, the way it broke apart also suggests some kind of stall could have been the culprit.
Let’s try to stick to the facts as much as possible here, lest we overreach and look like hacks.
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While Ukraine’s efforts make a safer Europe and NATO too little is done to assist them.
It’s not entirely clear from the video what happened. It looked like it was in the late stages of a stall, which from high altitude could break apart any aircraft, even a brand new one. I’m not saying that this means maintenance isn’t related, but pilot error is actually the cause of the vast majority of in-air breakups due to stalling placing stresses on the airframe which it was never meant to handle.
A Turkish-operated, American-built C-130 just broke up over Georgia into *three* separate pieces before it hit the ground. While that accident is also under investigation, the way it broke apart also suggests some kind of stall could have been the culprit.
Let’s try to stick to the facts as much as possible here, lest we overreach and look like hacks.